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Indian Journal of Library and Information Science

Volume  5, Issue 1, January - April 2011, Pages 41-48
 

Review Article

Comparative study of Library use by high school students of SSC, CBSE, ICSE and IGCSE boards of Mumbai, India

Sarika Sawant* Shakuntala Nighot** Pramila Salve***

Assistant Professor, SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai 400020

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Abstract

This study investigates the library use by high school students of different boards such as SSC, CBSE, ICSE and IGCSE of south Mumbai. The survey research method and questionnaire as a data collection tool was applied for the present study. It was observed that almost all the school students in South Mumbai were using their school library at least once in a week. ICSE, IGCSE students use the library essentially for preparing project work and assignments. Except SSC, Computer catalogues were available in ICSE, CBSE, IGCSE school libraries. In ICSE and IGCSE schools library orientation is given in a more interactive way with the help of Charts, PPT presentations, Videos, etc.

Key words: Library Use, High school students, SS, CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE


Corresponding Author : Sarika Sawant*